[tex-live] [mf] option `-output-directory' doesn't work

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 24 January 2011 Werner LEMBERG wrote:

 > >>> However, how can you explain the problem with relative paths?
 > >>
 > >> Sorry, I can't.
 > >>
 > > It will probably be necessary to use strace to find what mf is
 > > trying to do...
 > 
 > Attached.  Obviously, `..' doesn't get expanded (the shell doesn't do
 > this), and kpathsea tries to open it literally.

That's correct because .. is not a variable which can be expanded.
It's a directory which exists physically on your file system.

  ls -a

Regards,
  Reinhard

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